以賽亞書 13
1 亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞得默示，論巴比倫。
THE VISION WHICH ESAIAS SON OF AMOS SAW AGAINST BABYLON.
2 應當在淨光的山豎立大旗， 向群眾揚聲招手， 使他們進入貴冑的門。
Lift up a standard on the mountain of the plain, exalt the voice to them, beckon with the hand, open [the gates], you rulers.
3 我吩咐我所挑出來的人； 我招呼我的勇士－ 就是那矜誇高傲之輩， 為要成就我怒中所定的。
I give command, and I bring them: giants are coming to fulfil my wrath, rejoicing at the same time and insulting.
4 山間有多人的聲音， 好像是大國人民。 有許多國的民聚集鬨嚷的聲音； 這是萬軍之耶和華點齊軍隊，預備打仗。
A voice of many nations on the mountains, [even] like [to that] of many nations; a voice of kings and nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts has given command to a warlike nation,
5 他們從遠方來， 從天邊來， 就是耶和華並他惱恨的兵器 要毀滅這全地。
to come from a land afar off, from the utmost foundation of heaven; the Lord and his warriors [are coming] to destroy all the world.
6 你們要哀號， 因為耶和華的日子臨近了！ 這日來到， 好像毀滅從全能者來到。
Howl you, for the day of the Lord is near, and destruction from God shall arrive.
7 所以，人手都必軟弱； 人心都必消化。
Therefore every hand shall become powerless, and every soul of man shall be dismayed.
8 他們必驚惶悲痛； 愁苦必將他們抓住。 他們疼痛，好像產難的婦人一樣， 彼此驚奇相看，臉如火焰。
The elders shall be troubled, and pangs shall seize them, as of a woman in travail: and they shall mourn one to another, and shall be amazed, and shall change their countenance as a flame.
9 耶和華的日子臨到， 必有殘忍、忿恨、烈怒， 使這地荒涼， 從其中除滅罪人。
For behold! the day of the Lord is coming which can’t be escaped, [a day] of wrath and anger, to make the world desolate, and to destroy sinners out of it.
10 天上的眾星群宿都不發光； 日頭一出就變黑暗； 月亮也不放光。
For the stars of heaven, and Orion, and all the host of heaven, shall not give their light; and it shall be dark at sunrise, and the moon shall not give her light.
11 我必因邪惡刑罰世界， 因罪孽刑罰惡人， 使驕傲人的狂妄止息， 制伏強暴人的狂傲。
And I will command evils for the whole world, and [will visit] their sins on the ungodly: and I will destroy the pride of transgressors, and will bring low the pride of the haughty.
12 我必使人比精金還少， 使人比俄斐純金更少。
And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir.
13 我－萬軍之耶和華在忿恨中發烈怒的日子， 必使天震動， 使地搖撼，離其本位。
For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on.
14 人必像被追趕的鹿， 像無人收聚的羊， 各歸回本族， 各逃到本土。
And they that are left shall be as a fleeing fawn, and as a stray sheep, and there shall be none to gather [them]: so that a man shall turn back to his people, and a man shall flee to his own land.
15 凡被仇敵追上的必被刺死； 凡被捉住的必被刀殺。
For whoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword.
16 他們的嬰孩必在他們眼前摔碎； 他們的房屋必被搶奪； 他們的妻子必被玷污。
And they shall dash their children before their eyes; and they shall spoil their houses, and shall take their wives.
17 我必激動米底亞人來攻擊他們。 米底亞人不注重銀子， 也不喜愛金子。
Behold, I will stir up against you the Medes, who do not regard silver, neither have they need of gold.
18 他們必用弓擊碎少年人， 不憐憫婦人所生的， 眼也不顧惜孩子。
They shall break the bows of the young men; and they shall have no mercy on your children; nor shall their eyes spare your children.
19 巴比倫素來為列國的榮耀， 為迦勒底人所矜誇的華美， 必像上帝所傾覆的所多瑪、蛾摩拉一樣。
And Babylon, which is called glorious by the king of the Chaldeans, shall be as [when] God overthrew Sodoma, and Gomorrha.
20 其內必永無人煙， 世世代代無人居住。 阿拉伯人也不在那裏支搭帳棚； 牧羊的人也不使羊群臥在那裏。
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall any enter into it for many generations: neither shall the Arabians pass through it; nor shall shepherds at all rest in it.
21 只有曠野的走獸臥在那裏； 咆哮的獸滿了房屋。 鴕鳥住在那裏； 野山羊在那裏跳舞。
But wild beasts shall rest there; and the houses shall be filled with howling; and monsters shall rest there, and devils shall dance there, and satyrs shall dwell there; and hedgehogs shall make their nests in their houses. It will come soon, and will not wait.
22 豺狼必在它宮中呼號； 野狗必在它華美殿內吼叫。 巴比倫受罰的時候臨近； 它的日子必不長久。
